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once they get back from holiday in march and really the new transitional government -- the government that has been the transitional government starts pulling the levers, we think we'll get some stimulus. it will feed into the global economy. europe is still on the mend, but it is doing what it needs to do. the u.s. has been growing. we've got housing, we've got automobiles. both have put in good numbers and we would expect that our economy will be able to weather the rockiness near term and benefit from an agreement on this fiscal cliff. >> steve weiss quickly. >> john, how do you see it playing out? we've seen a lot of ends being front end loaded only to fall off and maintain the back end. with everything that's going on in terms of spending, cutting back from europe and from u.s. standpoint. how do you see it playing out next year in terms of the market action? >> in terms of the market action, what we would expect, the first quarter a lot is going to depend on what happens with the fiscal cliff. as i said before, if we move into a recession, you're not going to get a 1585 target o
once they get back from holiday in march and really the new transitional government -- the government that has been the transitional government starts pulling the levers, we think we'll get some stimulus. it will feed into the global economy. europe is still on the mend, but it is doing what it needs to do. the u.s. has been growing. we've got housing, we've got automobiles. both have put in good numbers and we would expect that our economy will be able to weather the rockiness near term and...
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we put the government on hiatus in terms of spending money but we've always gotten through it. to me that is not the seminole issue. if that is i'm happy to be on the other side of the trade. >> i wasn't saying it is an actual issue. i said it was surprised at the degree to which corporate leaders are saying that that is a big deal. in other words to me to -- >> that pales in every interview i've heard, on cnbc, that paels in comparison. it is an after thought relative to getting the budget situation and tax situation set. that has only come on as an issue recently. you talk about pent up demand for the market over the last month. pent up demand has been in corporations spending their 2 trillion in cash over the last year in advance of settling this situation not the debt ceiling. >> let me also say mike before we let you go just to revisit the to revisit the trade you brought last week which was a winner tan that was long tlt, going long treasuries, that still work for you? >> well it still works i think as long as the process gets dragged out. what the bond market is not goin
we put the government on hiatus in terms of spending money but we've always gotten through it. to me that is not the seminole issue. if that is i'm happy to be on the other side of the trade. >> i wasn't saying it is an actual issue. i said it was surprised at the degree to which corporate leaders are saying that that is a big deal. in other words to me to -- >> that pales in every interview i've heard, on cnbc, that paels in comparison. it is an after thought relative to getting...
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that's why we have government. fix it. a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >>> as the holiday season comes to a close, the early numbers suggest that what started out strong is now ending in a whimper. mastercard spending cost unit estimates that sales rose 0.7% over the past two months compared to a year ago, which would be the weakest pace of annual growth since 2008, at the height of the financial crisis. earlier this morning, cnbc spoke with michael mcnamara from mastercard. >> beginning of december when we start to see sales come down, the confidence numbers also start to come down. it's something that the media coverage really has brought home and really clarified what the fiscal cliff means to personal finance. that debate really seems to be acting, it's almost creating a sense of gravity that's p
that's why we have government. fix it. a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >>> as the holiday season comes to a close, the early numbers suggest that what started out strong is now ending in a whimper....
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has gotten out of control, government's run amok, and government's become a bully. and someone's got to stand up to a bully. >> host: november 2012, postelection, what did the 2012 elections clarify for you? >> guest: boy, that we as republicans need to do something to grow as a party. we're in danger of becoming a dinosaur if we don't figure out what people want out on the west coast, new england, around the great lakes. they're solid blue. until we figure out what people want, we're not going to win again as a party. >> host: what do you think they want? >> guest: i think they are conservative, they think we should balance our budget, but i also think they don't think we should be at war everywhere all the time. i think they want a little more tolerant policy as far as putting people in prison for possession of marijuana. i think they'd like to see more local judges take care of that, less prison time. i'm not in favor of encouraging people to use marijuana, but i also don't think we should be putting people in jail for it either. >> host: now, this is your second
has gotten out of control, government's run amok, and government's become a bully. and someone's got to stand up to a bully. >> host: november 2012, postelection, what did the 2012 elections clarify for you? >> guest: boy, that we as republicans need to do something to grow as a party. we're in danger of becoming a dinosaur if we don't figure out what people want out on the west coast, new england, around the great lakes. they're solid blue. until we figure out what people want,...
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>> well, this is a disaster for state and local units of government. the first order of effect is that the cost of infrastructure becomes much, much higher. costs of financing go up. the availability of investors declines. interest rates rise for municipal issuers. and so what happens to all that higher tax-exempt interest cost that issuers have to bear? it's ultimately borne by the taxpayer themselves. so really, this is just a transference of the taxes and subsidy back onto the shoulders of the regular property tax and income taxpayer at the local level. >> wow. a lot to keep track of. chris, thanks for giving us your thoughts this morning. >> thank yhankery much. >>> gas prices at the lowest level we've seen in more than a year. what does 2013 hold for energy. find out after the break. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your
>> well, this is a disaster for state and local units of government. the first order of effect is that the cost of infrastructure becomes much, much higher. costs of financing go up. the availability of investors declines. interest rates rise for municipal issuers. and so what happens to all that higher tax-exempt interest cost that issuers have to bear? it's ultimately borne by the taxpayer themselves. so really, this is just a transference of the taxes and subsidy back onto the...
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we have debt that's being issued by governments, by corporations. will we need a capital markets business? even though the capital markets businesses aren't beating their cost of capital right now what we're seeing is we're seeing compensation levels coming down, increasing the margins in it. we're seeing inventory levels come in. that means that the amount of capital that they're putting, that they have there is dropping, which of course would be an improvement in roes. all of this leads to a world of sort of a repricing of the capital markets. wider bid offers treads, less tratding volume, less risk taken but will there be a capital markets business? the answer is yes. unfortunately right now the issue we have is the fiscal cliff which makes everything uncertain at least through march. a lot of washington circus going on. we, you know, i think it's pretty reasonable to assume that no politician, no libertarian would ever want the u.s. to default on its debt. so by march we should have a solution to that. then what we are is we're back in an enviro
we have debt that's being issued by governments, by corporations. will we need a capital markets business? even though the capital markets businesses aren't beating their cost of capital right now what we're seeing is we're seeing compensation levels coming down, increasing the margins in it. we're seeing inventory levels come in. that means that the amount of capital that they're putting, that they have there is dropping, which of course would be an improvement in roes. all of this leads to a...
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ban government contractors. charities used to be independent but now are contractors to the government. that is all you need the social impact bond to hold them accountable. john: i would rather use the money than government but government is captured. >> ben taxpayers want to know they get something for it to. recently these agencies have a good cause. that is different of kids not going back to jail. john: mark zuckerberg maybe feeling guilty gave $100 million to the new work public-school system. i see that it throws a down the drain giving it to the union's who ruined it in the first place. >> don't fund the problem. find the solution. that means if you see something terrible of the world, poverty you have to say our not just give money to anti-poverty but give money to organization and has a way to tackle the issue. john: how do know it will work? goldman sachs puts up their own money. john: you will give them yoga and meditation therapy? it sounds like nonsense. >> think of the people of connecticut they h
ban government contractors. charities used to be independent but now are contractors to the government. that is all you need the social impact bond to hold them accountable. john: i would rather use the money than government but government is captured. >> ben taxpayers want to know they get something for it to. recently these agencies have a good cause. that is different of kids not going back to jail. john: mark zuckerberg maybe feeling guilty gave $100 million to the new work...
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government. information security and me and the stability of those systems are working i mean for the for these groups i mean i think many people would agree they couldn't exist if it weren't for the internet and for their part they say they are on a crusade to protect the people against governments that only want to try and hide their own misdeeds and corruption and so as far as these groups are concerned. would you not say that they have the voice of the people behind them do they need to be shut down does does the damage that they can do outweigh the good that they can do well there are several areas of the of the openness of the government information for example today russian federation has definitely focused on the open government strategy and it was initially introduced by the president in a visit from the prime minister an invasive and we're trying to be as much as possible for example if if we speak about corruption issue russia is one of the leaders in global leaders on the opening all
government. information security and me and the stability of those systems are working i mean for the for these groups i mean i think many people would agree they couldn't exist if it weren't for the internet and for their part they say they are on a crusade to protect the people against governments that only want to try and hide their own misdeeds and corruption and so as far as these groups are concerned. would you not say that they have the voice of the people behind them do they need to be...
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governments over manipulation of the treasuries etc i guess you don't watch other shows on our t.'s network i would suggest you do you'll learn an ocean full of financial info from the brilliant max kaiser now of course i agree with you you can learn an ocean full of financial info from max kaiser we respect his program so much another option though in terms of learning about the treasury's exchange stabilization fund so that i don't look so confused is perhaps watching this show on say august seventh two thousand while the legal basis of the e.s.f. is the gold reserve act of one nine hundred thirty four which you just talked about chris paul as amended in the late seventy's the act provides in part that the department of the treasury has a stabilization fund consistent with the obligations of the government in the international monetary system to fund an orderly exchange of arrangements in an orderly system of exchange rates the secretary with the approval of the president may deal in gold there you have it foreign exchange and other instruments of credit and securities. that was
governments over manipulation of the treasuries etc i guess you don't watch other shows on our t.'s network i would suggest you do you'll learn an ocean full of financial info from the brilliant max kaiser now of course i agree with you you can learn an ocean full of financial info from max kaiser we respect his program so much another option though in terms of learning about the treasury's exchange stabilization fund so that i don't look so confused is perhaps watching this show on say august...
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secondly you need the government involved. >> the government is involved. >> guys. >> we own the-- >> and ancillary problems that go along with this poisoned housing market right now, i'm sick and tired of hearing whether the government should get involved or not. and they're not involved. and. >> they are involved. >> schools, fire departments, local government when houses go under, you can't have it. >> the government controls the entire mortgage market. we own fannie mae and freddie mac, now, we're venturing out to control more of it. >> right. >> it makes zero cents. >> got to take full control, guys. listen, you want to penalize something, go after the home owners for building up the inventories, when they're doing it and going into consumer sentiment numbers and giving false reading. >> fuelly not enough inventory right now to meet demands, but anyway, ben, final word. >> todd, if you can predict the future and value of any important commodity my hat's off to you. >> thanks, ben, i appreciate that. look, i respect you, too, going forward in the housing market right now, i don't
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the israelis and palestinians are different laws right so you have the laws that govern people like myself israeli jews who really live in a democracy free to come and go as they please and then you have the laws that govern the palestinians about a million and a half of them are israeli citizens racist laws over thirty laws in the logbooks that discriminate against them specifically and i live in an entire environment of racism and discrimination and then you know i just wanted to jump in there yeah you we really do hear that you know israel's the greatest democracy in the middle east that's a really really important point i want to move on now because with a lot to go over i want to play you something that glenn beck said i know these friends but i think that what he's going to say right here really exemplifies what a lot of people think in this country when they want to criticize israeli government's policies but they're scared of being labeled an anti semite let's check it out. you'll know in the quiet of our own souls exactly what's going on here it has nothing to do with embar
the israelis and palestinians are different laws right so you have the laws that govern people like myself israeli jews who really live in a democracy free to come and go as they please and then you have the laws that govern the palestinians about a million and a half of them are israeli citizens racist laws over thirty laws in the logbooks that discriminate against them specifically and i live in an entire environment of racism and discrimination and then you know i just wanted to jump in...
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government's most horrific war crimes even more so the reaction to those revelations has revealed the u.s. military is under impunity from said crimes many people including myself see bradley many as a hero who put his life on the line to provide the truth to the american public the u.s. government however sees manning as a traitor and is charging him with aiding the enemy something that could land him the death penalty by the time he's scheduled to be court martialled spent over a thousand days in confinement much of which in solitary might be a lonely one happy birthday bradley stay strong we haven't forgotten about you buddy set. the lucky one of the good of you never seen anything like the trouble. on this show i've talked about israel and palestine as it relates to war peace and human rights and because i've covered the issue in a way that rivals the mainstream media i've been viscerally attacked for it by the israeli lobby the media and by netanyahu his very own spokesperson all of this for simply providing the other side of the story something that my next guest has now committ
government's most horrific war crimes even more so the reaction to those revelations has revealed the u.s. military is under impunity from said crimes many people including myself see bradley many as a hero who put his life on the line to provide the truth to the american public the u.s. government however sees manning as a traitor and is charging him with aiding the enemy something that could land him the death penalty by the time he's scheduled to be court martialled spent over a thousand...
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york or london where many of our viewers are there is a cab industry and very likely regulations that govern it in new york the medallion system has become a speculative investment with corporate tax the medallions increasing a thousand per cent from their average price of fifty thousand dollars in one thousand nine hundred eighty according to the new york post in stockholm reportedly their system is a little freer market where taxis are allowed to charge whatever price they like and in d.c. where after countless nights waiting in long lines after arriving to the train station with a dearth of cabs and some that couldn't even drive to my address because of the limits of their permits and rules governing them i hopped into a couple cabs to explore our own cities silly regulations and one market antidote we possibly found them taxi. taxi in washington d.c. like many other cities you can't always get a cab when and where you need one but when you do catch a taxi and meet its driver and my name is not. i was right you know it's almost for you. like nasser he or she can offer up a reason when and
york or london where many of our viewers are there is a cab industry and very likely regulations that govern it in new york the medallion system has become a speculative investment with corporate tax the medallions increasing a thousand per cent from their average price of fifty thousand dollars in one thousand nine hundred eighty according to the new york post in stockholm reportedly their system is a little freer market where taxis are allowed to charge whatever price they like and in d.c....
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to the new york times a reminder of the bailouts in two thousand and eight of course but instead of government bailouts how about innovating out of a slowdown or changing your business model we'll talk to the c.e.o. of car to go north america about dialers adventure in car sharing and revenue to no revenue c.b.s. reports instagram is looking for ways to generate some revenue through ads but it will not pimp out its users in ads it backtracked after unleashing a whole bunch of hoopla yesterday after a change to its terms we'll talk about it let's get to today's capital account. so in addition to the one point five billion dollars settlement and guilty plea to a charge of fraud from its japanese subsidiary we now know u.b.s. traders were sending e-mails saying things like i want to do one humongous deal with you when i'll pay you whatever you want to secure help manipulating rates now this language is infuriating but at least it's way more straightforward than what we get from this same rate manipulator the fed now despite ben bernanke in the past suggesting the central bank could do a better jo
to the new york times a reminder of the bailouts in two thousand and eight of course but instead of government bailouts how about innovating out of a slowdown or changing your business model we'll talk to the c.e.o. of car to go north america about dialers adventure in car sharing and revenue to no revenue c.b.s. reports instagram is looking for ways to generate some revenue through ads but it will not pimp out its users in ads it backtracked after unleashing a whole bunch of hoopla yesterday...
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>> i believed the government. >> 7,000 miles later on the day after christmas. she said she was pulling into a parking spot when take a listen. the car lerched forward and hit the cement wall in front of us. she strained ligaments in her foot causing massive swelling. >> and you won't drive this again? >> i will not. >> toyota has never concede d that there was a problem. but drew found a document that showed in one instance that a problem was discovered. toyota says this has nothing to do with unintended problems. drew first a big question. >> from the beginning the company maintained it doesn't have a problem. certainly nothing wrong with the system. the company said it was three things. operator error as they said was tanya's case. she stepped on the gas instead of the break. >> here is what the officer said in a statement today. this was a difficult decision especially since evaluations have confirmed the safety of the si systems. >> so it is a way that the company says we are going to put it behind us and keep the secrets out of the court. >> all right drew
>> i believed the government. >> 7,000 miles later on the day after christmas. she said she was pulling into a parking spot when take a listen. the car lerched forward and hit the cement wall in front of us. she strained ligaments in her foot causing massive swelling. >> and you won't drive this again? >> i will not. >> toyota has never concede d that there was a problem. but drew found a document that showed in one instance that a problem was discovered. toyota...
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well president obama and most other government officials were celebrating the holidays with their family on monday they also authorized a pair of drone strikes in yemen the first attack was located in the beta province in central again which led to at least two suspected al qaeda militants dead later tonight a second attack in the hundred in that province left five people dead it's unclear at this point of those casualties were members of al qaeda and while the targeted areas are considered hotspots as main operating locations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula these were the first attacks on the region in well over a month some suggesting that the timing could have been deliberate and while the u.s. has been keeping their bull's eye over locations like yemen somalia and pakistan it turns out the u.s. has had a record number of drone strikes in afghanistan american drone strikes reached a record of four hundred forty seven attacks in two thousand and twelve about the u.s. launched just a year earlier so it seems like the death of mastermind osama bin laden in two thousand and eleven d
well president obama and most other government officials were celebrating the holidays with their family on monday they also authorized a pair of drone strikes in yemen the first attack was located in the beta province in central again which led to at least two suspected al qaeda militants dead later tonight a second attack in the hundred in that province left five people dead it's unclear at this point of those casualties were members of al qaeda and while the targeted areas are considered...
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age the russian government which said that the punishment did not fit the crime earlier today i was joined by really polish she is with the foundation against child trafficking and the author of the book you see there romania for export only the untold story of there are many orphans i asked really for her reaction to this adoption ban. then is the number being discussed and i'm in the planning. and the russia is not the only country with we consider something like this in two thousand five. hundred medically and russia is still one of the biggest countries and i would say that. one should always look into country doesn't pollute going to feel to children and not from the amounts of children this is being done no i think that russia has the capacity to look after their own children and they should do that ok i want to ask you how this will affect parents. that wanted to adopt and also russian orphans. well for us you know our friends first of all are a lot of my who consist of a romanian orphans we often are not really orphans most of your families and russia and i think the most important
age the russian government which said that the punishment did not fit the crime earlier today i was joined by really polish she is with the foundation against child trafficking and the author of the book you see there romania for export only the untold story of there are many orphans i asked really for her reaction to this adoption ban. then is the number being discussed and i'm in the planning. and the russia is not the only country with we consider something like this in two thousand five....
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the next government should have stopped it. but unfortunately government is government. government kept the foot firmly on the accelerator. it is just like the subprime market here where people were coerced to take loans that could not afford. so, you had executives coming to greece, bribing politicians. the greek government -- they did not listen. then 2008. he is not a stupid man. he was a terrible prime minister, but he is not a stupid man. you know what he did? he bailed out. he affectively called for a general election. it was much worse than obama's first debates. he appeared before them and was like "don't vote for me." he lost that election. he has not spoken since. he is having a nice holiday. and then there was papandreou. who was a 2006. who unfortunately, he did not see the crisis of the eurozone collapse in. -- collapsing. the eurozone had no foundation. there was an earthquake. between 1995 and 2008 god and his angels descended on an athens and ran the show. with rationality, omniscience, egos, and morality -- ethos, and morality. greece would not have been
the next government should have stopped it. but unfortunately government is government. government kept the foot firmly on the accelerator. it is just like the subprime market here where people were coerced to take loans that could not afford. so, you had executives coming to greece, bribing politicians. the greek government -- they did not listen. then 2008. he is not a stupid man. he was a terrible prime minister, but he is not a stupid man. you know what he did? he bailed out. he affectively...
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a number for government communication governments and corporations use security e-mail or secure e-mail rather systems to stay in contact but with techniques like spearfishing these e-mail service can do breach plus should whistleblowers like bradley manning face life and solitary confinement for passing along this information and number three global finance high frequency trading uses computer algorithms and technological tools instead of runners on an exchange floor of course time the global finance system to computers means that it is just another part of our world affected by cyber security and number two news and information news organizations use web content systems to plug in and share their stories and governments large and small connect with constituents via official web sites which can easily be taken down and distributed denial of service attacks they can also be hacked and last but not least the surveillance state big data is here to stay the ability to store and compress huge amounts of information is getting easier databases are already finding patterns giving individuals
a number for government communication governments and corporations use security e-mail or secure e-mail rather systems to stay in contact but with techniques like spearfishing these e-mail service can do breach plus should whistleblowers like bradley manning face life and solitary confinement for passing along this information and number three global finance high frequency trading uses computer algorithms and technological tools instead of runners on an exchange floor of course time the global...
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lori: the government going to exit the interest in gm in particular, how are the u.s. automakers working out today? nicole: checkout ford today. the f-150 a popular truck. the automakers doing very nicely today. up over 4%, general motors one and a quarter percent. david: the day before christmas, everybody out shopping for bargains of some kind. one retailer hit a new 52-week high today. why did they do so well? nicole: there is one out in eastern long island. they continue to do very well, we have had the ceo
lori: the government going to exit the interest in gm in particular, how are the u.s. automakers working out today? nicole: checkout ford today. the f-150 a popular truck. the automakers doing very nicely today. up over 4%, general motors one and a quarter percent. david: the day before christmas, everybody out shopping for bargains of some kind. one retailer hit a new 52-week high today. why did they do so well? nicole: there is one out in eastern long island. they continue to do very well, we...
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when it comes to government transparency it may be more difficult to come by that's because. creating an era of open government has not exactly been met earlier this week newman new analysis from bloomberg showed that up to twenty five government agencies have begun to outsource freedom of information act requests better known as for is the name of efficiency private companies have been contracted to take the ease off of the foyer process landing some pretty big paydays in the process the report notes that over two hundred fifty companies have been awarded such contracts among them a com technology corp its least nine point one seven million the like consulting has gotten a call one million for its services and what are they in charge you may ask along with administrative services they get to redact and recommend information that gets released on all color coding to bloomberg at least twenty six point five million has been spent on for a contract in two thousand and twelve alone but let's backtrack a bit here how does this all work well in fact that in one nine hundred sixty
when it comes to government transparency it may be more difficult to come by that's because. creating an era of open government has not exactly been met earlier this week newman new analysis from bloomberg showed that up to twenty five government agencies have begun to outsource freedom of information act requests better known as for is the name of efficiency private companies have been contracted to take the ease off of the foyer process landing some pretty big paydays in the process the...
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okay biggest government waste pat? >> obama gives stimulus billions of dollars to fat cat friends with green energy companies like solyndra. >> eleanor? >> war in afghanistan. >> overreported. >> no, no, biggest government waste. >> biggest government waste. my material. clarence? susan? >> government junkets, the government service administration spent $800,000 for a conference in las vegas. >> clarence? >> tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. >> . the biggest government waste is -- as we just heard is the war in afghanistan. the cause was to transform afghan society into a replication of the west. a known cause but unattainable. afghanistan is a failure. count let more shattered lives and an immense waste of money and national prestige. okay best government dollar spent, pat? >> the national weather service which like it or not gave us about a week's head start and head start warning that sandy was coming and probably saved thousands of lives when you consider the hurricane in galveston in 1906 killed 6,000 pe
okay biggest government waste pat? >> obama gives stimulus billions of dollars to fat cat friends with green energy companies like solyndra. >> eleanor? >> war in afghanistan. >> overreported. >> no, no, biggest government waste. >> biggest government waste. my material. clarence? susan? >> government junkets, the government service administration spent $800,000 for a conference in las vegas. >> clarence? >> tax cuts for millionaires and...
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did they make their money within the government, being corrupt within the government? is that now they got the money? >> this brings up the size of the problem. there are two different groups. there's a group that made their money in the government meaning they have a government position or party position and also a position running a large state-owned enterprises and there's the group that made their money outside the party and was brought in. the party decided to bring in all the rich people in the country and that has advantages but one of the disadvantages is there is no one to resent except the party. they have a power and the money. stuart: what is the end game? what will be the catalyst for real change? >> the party is going to be backed into a corner, this is not something they can run from. they have to decide not to have another anti-corruption slogan effort. something that matters and take on all these people who made this money and say you can't do this anymore or eventually popular unrest will get worse and worse. there has been a moderate increase in the
did they make their money within the government, being corrupt within the government? is that now they got the money? >> this brings up the size of the problem. there are two different groups. there's a group that made their money in the government meaning they have a government position or party position and also a position running a large state-owned enterprises and there's the group that made their money outside the party and was brought in. the party decided to bring in all the rich...
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i've been through a lot of stuff with the federal government back in the '80s, the whole steroid controversy, divorce, i've been through so much stuff, but never have i ever been this embarrassed and never has my world been turned upside down in such a fashion. and without knowledge that someone would set a camera up. admitted, hey, i did that. >> coming up, the biggest names in music, whitney houston and dick clark. >> this is the beaver that bit your hand. >> this isn't is same beaver, but this is the one that did it. exactly like this. >> did you ever touch a beaver? >> no. mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. now is the perfect time to visit anyone of our states. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride, go fishing or just lay in the sun. we've got coastline to explore and wil
i've been through a lot of stuff with the federal government back in the '80s, the whole steroid controversy, divorce, i've been through so much stuff, but never have i ever been this embarrassed and never has my world been turned upside down in such a fashion. and without knowledge that someone would set a camera up. admitted, hey, i did that. >> coming up, the biggest names in music, whitney houston and dick clark. >> this is the beaver that bit your hand. >> this isn't is...
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the government, obviously, the government can get whatever they want, but any particular government official would know if i have a gun or not. >> when you register, i mean, the basic laws just to purchase a gun, a handgun or something else, you've got to fill out the forms and they know from that moment. where you're going with that. >> the fact that i think i have a right to own a gun in the privacy of my own home and that where privacy is very important to me. >> what about the people's houses that don't own a gun and concerned about those and will the criminal find them. david: in other words, the criminals would prey on the houses that don't have a gun. >> it's not fair to anybody to have such a invasion of privacy. >> president obama is headed back to washington to work out a deal on the fiscal cliff or is he? does he really want us to go over? and specifically what would happen if we do? we will ask former clinton strategist doug show hen in just schoen in a fewminutes and the y that isn't. find out exactly how much in just a couple of minutes. can your hearing aid do this? lyric can.
the government, obviously, the government can get whatever they want, but any particular government official would know if i have a gun or not. >> when you register, i mean, the basic laws just to purchase a gun, a handgun or something else, you've got to fill out the forms and they know from that moment. where you're going with that. >> the fact that i think i have a right to own a gun in the privacy of my own home and that where privacy is very important to me. >> what about...
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, get 50% or more of their sales from government contracts. really interesting stuff. it's not just, again, defense companies. you're going to see waste management in there, an environmental company. motorola in there as well. we talked to fidelity. they are concerned as well telling amists to watch for certainly insexes -- indexes and others that cover financials and others cited there. adam: i have friends saying there's no fiscal cliff, it's make believe trumped up by the media and parties to scare people, get rate, and, perhaps bring about policy that's not true. look at the companies, the fact that the government -- look at the contracts that would be canceled, those are people who would lose jobs in several months. the recession that the cbo is legitimate looking at that list. >> that's right, adam. it's interesting because it flushes out what companies basically operate on the iron lung, with an iron lung, because of the government subsidies. it was interesting to me, the list of the companies that get so much of the revenues from the g
, get 50% or more of their sales from government contracts. really interesting stuff. it's not just, again, defense companies. you're going to see waste management in there, an environmental company. motorola in there as well. we talked to fidelity. they are concerned as well telling amists to watch for certainly insexes -- indexes and others that cover financials and others cited there. adam: i have friends saying there's no fiscal cliff, it's make believe trumped up by the media and parties...
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>> reporter: he blamed the federal government for failing to create a national database of the mentally ill and failing to enforce existing gun laws and accused the news media of sensationalizing the most horrific crimes. >> how many more copy cats are waiting in the wings for their moment of fame? from a national media machine that rewards them with wall-to- wall attention. >> reporter: democratic senator dianne feinstein of california, a long time leader in gun control, called the n.r.a.'s plan a distraction that's only intended to delay action by congress. >> should we have a conversation about school security? yes. should we have a conversation about mental illness and the culture of violence? yes. but we can't ignore the common denominator in all of these deadly massacres: access, easy access to killing machines. >> reporter: the fact is, scott, that one-third of america's public schools already have armed security and it's interesting to note an armed deputy sheriff was assigned to columbine high school near denver in 1999 but failed to stop that attack that killed 13. >> pelley:
>> reporter: he blamed the federal government for failing to create a national database of the mentally ill and failing to enforce existing gun laws and accused the news media of sensationalizing the most horrific crimes. >> how many more copy cats are waiting in the wings for their moment of fame? from a national media machine that rewards them with wall-to- wall attention. >> reporter: democratic senator dianne feinstein of california, a long time leader in gun control,...
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one government portion of government borrowing from another portion of government and claiming in the end don't worry, your concerns will be alleviated. stuart: we keep going back to why did young people votes overwhelmingly for this administration to have a second term? was it never pointed out to them that you are going to have to pay in a difficult job environment that is very stretched, you are going to have to pay for medicare, medicaid and social security all of which go to older people? was it never pointed out to them in any way, shape or form war where republicans portrayed as just mean and stingy and hurting people all costs? what is going on here? >> as you and i have discussed republicans have seeded cultural ground especially on college campuses. mitt romney and paul ryan rarely made an appearance and rarely made conservative ideas, free market ideas palatable to younger voters and talk about things, investing in a social security system that won't be around for them. i think we have allowed liberals or conservatives have allowed liberals to take the pop cultural game and
one government portion of government borrowing from another portion of government and claiming in the end don't worry, your concerns will be alleviated. stuart: we keep going back to why did young people votes overwhelmingly for this administration to have a second term? was it never pointed out to them that you are going to have to pay in a difficult job environment that is very stretched, you are going to have to pay for medicare, medicaid and social security all of which go to older people?...
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he heads an entirely separate branch of government with an altogether different purpose. i think we need to go back to the way the government was designed to operate, and that is the deliberative function, in the legislative branch, both the house and the senate, acting independently. and then resolving their differences through conference. that process works, it works very well. this business of a couple of legislative leaders and the president going behind closed doors, coming up with some clever scheme, and then dropping it in the laps of the congress for a take it or leave it vote produces bad policy. in fact, bad process also produces bad policy, and that's what we're seeing. >> congressman, we've been seeing virtually no progress to date, but i hope folks have your optimism about not going over the cliff because of the disastrous implications. congressman mcclinton, thanks for coming on. >>> chuck hagel hasn't even been formally nominated to be the next defense secretary, and he's already taking right hooks from members of his own party, but do the attacks add up? >
he heads an entirely separate branch of government with an altogether different purpose. i think we need to go back to the way the government was designed to operate, and that is the deliberative function, in the legislative branch, both the house and the senate, acting independently. and then resolving their differences through conference. that process works, it works very well. this business of a couple of legislative leaders and the president going behind closed doors, coming up with some...
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it is not our government, our people in the government that are making the decisions. it is the high power that controls the world right now and they are trying to make it one world. one world is not coming fast enough. host: let's hear from our guest. guest: there is some contentious congressman that would disagree with that summation. host: one more question for you, douglas wissing. do you want to speak broadly to the drug trade as to how it affects afghanistan right now? guest: in the last year and the taliban was in power in afghanistan, they white dowd opium production. within a few years after the invasion, 90% of the world's opium was coming out of afghanistan. it reestablished itself at lovers -- at levels that had not been seen before. that is part of the toxic nexus that i was talking about. powerful insiders and the insurgents or all connected with that -- were all connected with that. programs have cost hundreds of millions of dollars but they have done almost nothing to impact the drug trade in afghanistan. host: richard from illinois, you are on the air
it is not our government, our people in the government that are making the decisions. it is the high power that controls the world right now and they are trying to make it one world. one world is not coming fast enough. host: let's hear from our guest. guest: there is some contentious congressman that would disagree with that summation. host: one more question for you, douglas wissing. do you want to speak broadly to the drug trade as to how it affects afghanistan right now? guest: in the last...
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government is reporting an increase last month rose 4-point-4-percent compared to october. it's the strongest pace of new home sales since april of 20-10 the increase is due to a combination of near-record low mortgage rates, lower unemployment numbers and a drop in foreclosures -- that in turn has lifted home prices. ford is creating more than two - thousand jobs at new plants in southeast michigan. the car-maker announced it's investing more than 773 million dollars on new equipment and production capacity in a half-dozen facilities. it's all part of ford's plan to add 12-thousand hourly jobs in the u-s and invest more than six-billion dollars in u-s plants, by the year 2015. >> the clouds will be increasing. >> jacqueline: that could even have the temperatures warming with the rainfall tomorrow afternoon and a lingering towards a saturday morning. sunday, temperatures are going to be several degrees warmer. getting back into the mid '50s. the satellite and radar with mostly clear skies. mostly sunshine with the clouds will be increasing at this hour. mostly clear for the
government is reporting an increase last month rose 4-point-4-percent compared to october. it's the strongest pace of new home sales since april of 20-10 the increase is due to a combination of near-record low mortgage rates, lower unemployment numbers and a drop in foreclosures -- that in turn has lifted home prices. ford is creating more than two - thousand jobs at new plants in southeast michigan. the car-maker announced it's investing more than 773 million dollars on new equipment and...
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the syrian government, for its part, is saying they did not do this. they say this was the work of terrorists. that's the term they use for opposition forces, for rebel forces in syria. they say that, in fact, this town was attacked, that that's how this bakery was shelled, and they say that then they came in and intervened at the behest of the members of the town there. there is some more that we need to tell you about. lakhdar brahimi, the joint u.n. arab league envoy to syria, he went to syria yesterday and spoke to bashar al assad trying to forge a path towards peace. here's more what he told reporters about what he spoke to president bashar al assad about. >> translator: we have exchanged opinions about the possible steps that can be taken in the future. the syrian president spoke about his view of the situation. i also talked about the meetings i have had abroad in several cities with various officials in the region and outside the region. i also talked about which steps would i say are appropriate to be taken to help the syrian people to get out
the syrian government, for its part, is saying they did not do this. they say this was the work of terrorists. that's the term they use for opposition forces, for rebel forces in syria. they say that, in fact, this town was attacked, that that's how this bakery was shelled, and they say that then they came in and intervened at the behest of the members of the town there. there is some more that we need to tell you about. lakhdar brahimi, the joint u.n. arab league envoy to syria, he went to...
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envoy calling for a transitional government run the country in order to end the conflict. russia's foreign minister mixon grimmer marks of such a plan actually working, saying that it still necessary to reach a peaceful solution. leland vittert has more on this. reporter: the russian foreign minister said that he feared that syria could turn into a bloody chaos that there was not some kind of negotiated settlement. many looking at the video that we see every day now coming out of syria. syria is already in a bloody chaos. more than 40,000 people killed. so far in this uprising. the death toll continues to rise every day. the rebels are now starting to gain momentum a little bit. pushing into damascus, some of the other larger cities. at the same time, the regime is growing more desperate and shelling of civilian areas and those kinds of things for the only lasswell might be the russians, who at some point could break away from this and getting their own traction. president bashir max as he is not leaving. the violence continues and we are at an impasse. there is now an inc
envoy calling for a transitional government run the country in order to end the conflict. russia's foreign minister mixon grimmer marks of such a plan actually working, saying that it still necessary to reach a peaceful solution. leland vittert has more on this. reporter: the russian foreign minister said that he feared that syria could turn into a bloody chaos that there was not some kind of negotiated settlement. many looking at the video that we see every day now coming out of syria. syria...
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the next government should have stopped it. but unfortunately government is government. government kept the foot firmly on the accelerator. why? german capital was flowing into the country at dirt-cheap i nterest rates. it is just like the subprime market here where people were coerced to take loans that could not afford. so, you had executives coming to greece, bribing politicians. the greek government -- they did not listen. then 2008. he is not a stupid man. he was a terrible prime minister, but he is not a stupid man. you know what he did? he bailed out. he affectively called for a general election. it was much worse than obama's first debate. he appeared before them and was like "don't vote for me." he lost that election. he has not spoken since. he is having a nice holiday. and then there was papandreou. who was a 2006. who unfortunately, he did not see the crisis of the eurozone collapsing. the eurozone had no foundation. there was an earthquake. now, let's say between 1995 and 2008 god and his angels descended on an athens and ran the show. with rationality, omni
the next government should have stopped it. but unfortunately government is government. government kept the foot firmly on the accelerator. why? german capital was flowing into the country at dirt-cheap i nterest rates. it is just like the subprime market here where people were coerced to take loans that could not afford. so, you had executives coming to greece, bribing politicians. the greek government -- they did not listen. then 2008. he is not a stupid man. he was a terrible prime minister,...